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Secret of Lost Valley

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Introduction

SECRET OF LOST VALLEY

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Characters in this Work

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Bill DonnellyJohn Reynolds’s cousin killed in the saloon ambush1 textual stateBill Ordone of the Ord brothers1 textual stateBraxton McCrillyoung McCrill killed by Esau Reynolds1 textual stateEsau Reynoldsolder Reynolds whose killing began the feud1 textual stateJack Solomonoutlaw in the pursuing party1 textual stateJob AllisonJohn Reynolds’s brother-in-law killed in the ambush1 textual stateJohn Reynoldssurvivor of the Reynolds-McCrill feud1 textual stateJonas McCrillleader of the pursuing feudists1 textual stateJonathon BrillJohn Reynolds’s sister’s son killed in the ambush1 textual statePeter Ordone of the Ord brothers1 textual stateSaul Fletchermember of the pursuing party1 textual stateSteve Kerneyhired gunman killed in the ambush1 textual statethe circlet-wearing leader of the Old Peoplesingular present-day Old People authority who performs the vision rite and later attacks Reynolds1 textual stateThe Terrible Nameless Onethe shining feathered-serpent deity of the Old People, said to be older than the world1 textual state

Publication appearances

Startling Mystery Stories #4Health Knowledge, Inc.Spring 1967↗Valley of the LostCharles MillerJune or July 1975↗Marchers of ValhallaSphereJanuary 1977↗Robert E. Howard OmnibusOrbit1977↗Marchers of ValhallaBerkley MedallionJanuary 1978↗Le tertre maudit (Horror from the Mound)NeONovember 1985↗L e tertre maudit (Horror from the Mound)Fleuve NoirOctober 1991↗Kadotuksen kuiluWSOY1993↗Nie kopcie mi grobu (Dig Me No Grave)Wydawnictwo Andor1994↗Trails in DarknessBaen BooksJune 1996↗Черный камень ( Chernyj kamen) (The Black Stone) P ublication information courtesy of the Russian website Laboratory of Fantasy .Северо-Запад (Severo-Zapad) (North-West)1997↗Arkham's Masters of HorrorArkham House2000↗Felices pesadillas. Los mejores relatos de terror aparecidos en Valdemar (1987 - 2003) (Happy Nightmares. The Best Horror Stories that Appeared in Valdemar (1987 - 2003))Valdemar (Spain)June 2003 (Trade paperback) June 2009 (2nd, Trade paperback) March 2020 (Hardcover)↗Maestros del horror de Arkham House (Masters of Arkham House Horror)Valdemar (Spain)November 2003 September 2017↗The Black Stranger and Other American TalesUniversity of Nebraska Press - Bison BooksApril 2005↗Přízraky, zázraky & spol. (Phantoms, Miracles & Co.)Albatros Media - Albatros2007↗The Horror Stories of Robert E. HowardBallantine Books - Del ReyOctober 2008↗The Horror Stories of Robert E. HowardSubterranean Press2010↗The Horror Stories of Robert E. HowardTantor Media Inc.March 2010↗ナイトランド (Naito rando) (Night Land) #2トライデント・ハウス (Toraidento hausu) (Trident House)Summer 2012↗Bran Mak Morn és a piktek (Bran Mak Morn and the Picts)Delta Vision Kft.August 2012 (Trade paperback) November 2012 (eBook)↗Tote erinnern sichFesta VerlagSeptember 2012↗Argosy Volume 1: Fantastic FrontiersArgosy MagazineDecember 2013 (eBook) October 2014 (Trade paperback)↗Western TalesREH Foundation PressDecember 2013↗Fantasy & Science Fiction anno III numero 12ElaraJune 2015↗失われた者たちの谷 ード怪奇傑作集 (Ushinawareta monotachi no tani do kaiki kessakushū) (The Valley of the Lost and Other Weird Tales)アトリエサード (Atorie sādo) (Atelier Third) (See Notes)August 2015↗AlmuricBragelonneSeptember 2015↗I Figli della Notte. Racconti dell'Orrore Volume 2Arnoldo Mondadori EditoreDecember 2015↗Безымянные культы: Мифы Ктулху и другие истории ужаса (Bezymyannye kul'ty: Mify Ktulkhu i drugie istorii uzhasa) (Nameless Cults: Cthulhu Mythos and Other Horror Stories) Cover and p ublication information courtesy of the Russian website Laboratory of Fantasy. August 2016 May 2017ACT (AST)August 2016 (Hardcover) May 2017 (Trade paperback)↗Остров смерти (Ostrov smerti) (Island of Death) Covers and p ublication information courtesy of the Russian website Laboratory of Fantasy. February 2020 November 2021Северо-Запад (Severo-Zapad) (North-West) T8 Rugram (See notes)February 2020 November 2021↗Le royaume des chimèresLe Livre de PocheApril 2020↗Хозяин судьбы (Khoziain sud-by) (Master of Fate) Cover and publication information courtesy of the Russian website Laboratory of Fantasy.Подсолнухи (Sunflowers)2021↗Weird Western Volume 1Editora Clock TowerAugust 2021↗Startling Mystery Stories #4 (Volume 1 Number 4)Fiction House PressSeptember 2021↗Horror das Profundezas e Outras Histórias (Horror from the Deep and Other Stories)Red Dragon PublisherAugust 2023↗El horror del túmulo. Los Diez Relatos Weird Western (The Horror from the Mound: Ten Weird Western Stories)Costas de Carcosa (Spain)February 2024↗Western TalesREH Foundation PressJanuary 31, 2025↗#3244